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A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being. (noun)

An example of a verb is write.

See verb in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of a class of words expressing action, existence, or occurrence, or used as an auxiliary or copula, and usually constituting the main element of a predicate (Ex.: give, build, run, be, happen, do, have, would, seem)

See verb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(vûrb)

noun

Abbr. V or vb.
a. The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages.
b. Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, as be, run, or conceive.
A phrase or other construction used as a verb.

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